Cell Phone Accessories

Boost Mobile has announced the rugged Motorola i335 also sold by Nextel.  The rugged phone can battle dust, shock, drops, and spills. The slim, yet rugged handset features military-grade 810F durability and a thin candy-bar design with textured backing and smooth rubber face that is aimed at attracting today's active and style-conscious youth.

Underneath its stylish exterior the i335 from Boost Mobile is built to U.S. military-standard 810F for dust, shock and vibration resistance that will withstand drops and spills.

To take advantage of this plan, new and existing T-Mobile customers would subscribe to the first line for $99.99 monthly access; customers can add up to four additional lines at $49.99 per line after the first line (plus taxes and fees).

Scheduled to debut in mid-June in 10 markets across the U.S. and during 3,500 show times, the interactive text message polling program asks moviegoers questions related to their music preferences and gives them an option to text their responses. After audience members submit their text messages, the actual audience results will be displayed on the movie screen in a bar chart.

The polling program was developed by Screenvision, a leader in cinema advertising, and uses Screenvision’s cinema advertising network comprised of more than 14,000 screens across 2,300 theaters nationwide and reaches 92 percent of U.S. markets. Screenvision produces the only host-format entertainment preshow in the cinema advertising industry, which airs across Screenvision’s High Definition digital network of approximately 7,000 screens.

The application offers a free mobile push email and push Facebook service. The service will initially be available for Nokia Series 60 and SonyEricsson feature phones.

BlueWhaleMail doesn't just allow you to securely send and receive email messages from services such as Yahoo! and Google Mail, it also notifies you of your friends' status updates and news items on Facebook, and allows you to send them a message or write on their wall in response. Messages and notifications are displayed as soon as they are received without requiring users to manually connect to their inbox.

Blue Whale Systems Ltd was founded by Michael Maguire who previously worked in the BlackBerry Applications team at Research In Motion creator of the famous BlackBerry smartphones.

Verizon Wireless is the buying Alltel Corporation.  The companies has entered into an agreement which includes Atlantis Holdings LLC, an affiliate of private investment firm TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners, for Verizon Wireless to acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger.

Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel’s projected net debt at closing of $22.2 billion, the aggregate value of the transaction is $28.1 billion.  The merget is expected to be completed by the end of the year which is subject to obtaining regulatory approvals.

Once this transaction closes, customers of both companies will have access to an expanded range of products and services, including a premier lineup of basic and advanced devices and an expanded IN Network calling community.